2005 Canadian Grand Prix

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2005 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date June 12, 2005
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2005
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Cloudy and hot with temperatures approaching 32.5 °C (90.5 °F)
Wind speeds up to 5.1 km/h (3.2 mph)[1]
Track 43–47 °C (109–117 °F)
Pole position
Driver
Honda
Time 1:15.217
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Mercedes
Time 1:14.384 on lap 23
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2005 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2005)

Renaults failed to finish the race, but the team maintained their lead in the Constructors' Championship; their driver, Fernando Alonso
also kept his lead in the Drivers' Championship, despite the gap between himself and nearest rival Räikkönen closing by ten points.

Report

Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the

2004 Constructors' Championship
were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Jordan was banned from running a third car at this race because Franck Montagny had used six sets of tyres instead of four at the previous race.[3]

Constructor Nat Driver
Mercedes
 Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas
 -
Red Bull-Cosworth United States Scott Speed
Toyota
 Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Toyota
 -
Minardi-Cosworth -

Practice and qualifying

American Scott Speed
filling in the Friday testing role.

After retiring on the last lap of the

Renault
drivers on the second row.

Race

Pedro de la Rosa driving for McLaren during Friday practice as third driver.

Barrichello, who would have been last on the grid, decided to start the race from pitlane, putting extra fuel in his car. At race start, both Button and Schumacher got away slowly, and

McLarens of Juan Pablo Montoya and Räikkönen were also able to pass Schumacher, moving into 4th and 5th behind Button. Further back in the field, BAR's Takuma Sato made a small mistake, but did not lose a large amount of time. On the second lap, Fisichella was able to widen the gap back to Alonso, while local driver Jacques Villeneuve was forced to pit for a new front wing, leaving him at the back of the field. As the race continued, the Renault's pulled further away from the pack, and Barrichello was constantly moving up the field, up to 15th position by the end of lap 8. Narain Karthikeyan had a spin after a mistake in turn 1, allowing Jordan teammate Tiago Monteiro
past.

Michael Schumacher became the first driver to take his scheduled pitstop, refuelling on lap 12 to drop from 6th to 12th position. Three laps later, Button and Ralf Schumacher showed their hands, also entering the pits for more fuel. Button dropped from 3rd to 7th, leaving the two Renaults to lead from the two McLarens. On lap 21, the first of the two-stoppers pitted, with Felipe Massa, Nick Heidfeld and Klien all entering pitlane. The following lap, Sato entered his garage, apparently retiring from the race with gearbox trouble. Lap 24 saw the first of the leaders pit, with championship contenders Alonso and Räikkönen refuelling, before both of their teammates pitted on the following lap. On exiting the pits, Montoya went too fast on cold tyres, leaving the track and allowing Alonso to retain 2nd position. Karthikeyan hit the wall at the back end of the circuit, forcing him to retire from the race. Mark Webber, up to 7th position through a very long first stint, pitted on lap 28, and fed back into the race 9th, just ahead of Massa, Heidfeld and Ralf Schumacher. On the following lap, Webber went wide onto the grass, and in attempting to make up time, braked too late into the hairpin, running very wide and losing 3 positions. Barrichello became the final driver to pit on lap 31, dropping from 8th to 12th.

The battle for fifth place continues on lap 4 as Kimi Räikkönen leads Michael Schumacher, and just behind Jarno Trulli attempts a move on Takuma Sato for seventh.

After following close behind for several laps, and appearing to be quicker, Alonso passed teammate Fisichella for the lead on lap 33, but Fisichella obviously had a technical problem, as Montoya easily passed him on the same lap. Fisichella entered the pits to retire at the end of the lap, with hydraulic system problems. On lap 34, both Button and Michael Schumacher took their second stops, retaining 4th and 5th positions. On lap 35, Alonso led from Montoya, Räikkönen, Button, Schumacher and

suspension and forcing him to retire from the race. This left Montoya in the lead, followed by Räikkönen. After following Massa for several laps, Heidfeld's BMW engine failed, allowing Ralf Schumacher into 7th and Webber to 8th. Takuma Sato rejoined the race 24 laps behind, after the B.A.R team fixed his car in order to gain him a slightly better starting position in qualifying for the following grand prix
.

Renault drivers led the race in its early stages, with Giancarlo Fisichella ahead of Fernando Alonso
. Both eventually failed to finish.

On lap 49, the gap from Montoya to Räikkönen was reduced to around 3 seconds. Button, under pressure from Michael Schumacher, made a mistake at the final chicane, hitting the inside kerb heavily, which forced him into the "wall of champions" on the outside. Button was forced to retire from the race, handing 3rd position to Schumacher, and causing the deployment of the

Sauber driver was forced wide and Barrichello moved into 5th. Soon after, it was announced that Montoya was under investigation by the stewards, and he was black-flagged
(disqualified) from the race for exiting the pits while a red light was showing (as the safety car was on the pit straight), making it his 2nd consecutive disqualification in Canada.

As the race entered the closing stages, Michael Schumacher closed in on Räikkönen, who was troubled by a misaligned steering wheel. Trulli appeared to be having trouble with his brakes, and retired when they failed, leaving Barrichello in a comfortable 3rd position. However, Barrichello made a small error, allowing Massa to close up behind, but Webber was also close to Massa. Meanwhile, Takuma Sato appeared to have a mechanical failure which forced him to spin at the hairpin, before the rear of his car caught fire due to overheating. Räikkönen was able to retain his 1-second gap back to Schumacher to take the race win, with Barrichello more than 30 seconds behind in 3rd position. Webber was close to Massa into the final corner, but was unable to pass, leaving Massa to take a valuable 4th position and 5 championship points. Completing the pointscorers were Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard and Klien. The result meant Räikkönen reduced the gap in the championship standings to just 22 points, and the double-podium for Ferrari allowed them to close up in the constructors championship.

Classification

Qualifying

Jenson Button took pole position in qualifying for the BAR team.
Christijan Albers qualified in fifteenth position.
Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button
Honda
 1:15.217 —
2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.475 +0.258
3 5 Spain Fernando Alonso
Renault
 1:15.561 +0.344
4 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
 1:15.577 +0.360
5 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Mercedes
 1:15.669 +0.452
6 4 Japan Takuma Sato
Honda
 1:15.729 +0.512
7 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Mercedes
 1:15.923 +0.706
8 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Sauber-Petronas
 1:16.116 +0.899
9 16 Italy Jarno Trulli
Toyota
 1:16.201 +0.984
10 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
 1:16.362 +1.145
11 12 Brazil Felipe Massa
Sauber-Petronas
 1:16.661 +1.444
12 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:16.890 +1.673
13 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld
Williams-BMW
 1:17.081 +1.864
14 7 Australia Mark Webber
Williams-BMW
 1:17.749 +2.532
15 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.214 +2.997
16 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:18.249 +3.032
17 19 India Narain Karthikeyan
Toyota
 1:18.664 +3.447
18 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro
Toyota
 1:19.034 +3.817
19 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:19.574 +4.357
20 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari No time
Sources:[4][5]
Michael Schumacher scored a second-place finish for Ferrari.
Coulthard driving to an impressive seventh position.

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Mercedes
 		M 70 1:32:09.290 7 10
2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 70 +1.137 2 8
3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 70 +40.483 PL 6
4 12 Brazil Felipe Massa
Sauber-Petronas
 		M 70 +55.139 11 5
5 7 Australia Mark Webber
Williams-BMW
 		M 70 +55.779 14 4
6 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
 		M 69 +1 Lap 10 3
7 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 69 +1 Lap 12 2
8 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 69 +1 Lap 16 1
9 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Sauber-Petronas
 M 69 +1 Lap 8
10 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro
Toyota
 B 67 +3 Laps 18
11 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 67 +3 Laps 15
Ret 16 Italy Jarno Trulli
Toyota
 M 62 Brakes 9
Ret 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button
Honda
 M 46 Accident 1
Ret 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld
Williams-BMW
 M 43 Engine 13
Ret 4 Japan Takuma Sato
Honda
 M 40 Brakes 6
Ret 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth B 39 Hydraulics 19
Ret 5 Spain Fernando Alonso
Renault
 M 38 Suspension 3
Ret 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
 M 32 Hydraulic pressure 4
Ret 19 India Narain Karthikeyan
Toyota
 B 24 Suspension 17
DSQ 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Mercedes
 M 52 Exited pit lane under red light 1 5
Sources:[6][7][8]

Notes:

  • ^1 — Juan Pablo Montoya was disqualified from the Grand Prix for leaving the pitlane whilst it was closed by means of a red light at pit exit.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "2005 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. ^ "Canada". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Jordan loses third car in Canada". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The Formula One DataBase". Archived from the original on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  5. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2005 - Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ^ "The Formula One DataBase". Archived from the original on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  7. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2005 - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  8. ^ "2005 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Canada 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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